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Florent Ntsiba (born 17 August 1949 in LEKANA) 〔 .〕) is a Congolese politician who has been Minister of State for Labour and Social Security in the government of Congo-Brazzaville since 2009. A high-ranking and long-time figure under President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Ntsiba initially rose to prominence through the military in the single-party regime of the Congolese Labour Party (PCT) in the 1970s. He was Minister of Information from 1979 to 1983; although he fell out of favor with the party leadership in 1983, he returned to the government as Minister of Equipment from 1989 to 1991. After Sassou Nguesso regained power in the 1997 civil war, Ntsiba again returned to the government as Minister of Equipment and Public Works from 1997 to 2009. He has been Minister of State for Labour and Social Security since September 2009. Ntsiba holds the military rank of ''Général de division''. ==Military–political career under single-party rule== Ntsiba, a member of the Téke ethnic group,〔Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga, ''Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique'' (1997), Karthala Editions, page 240 .〕〔(''Africa Contemporary Record'', volume 18 ) (1987), page B-213.〕〔(''Africa Research Bulletin: Economic Series'', volumes 27–28 ) (1990), page 10,214.〕 was born in Lekana, located in the Plateaux Region of Congo-Brazzaville.〔 .〕〔"Ntsiba Florent", ''Congo Brazzaville: Les Hommes de Pouvoir n°1'', (Africa Intelligence ), 29 October 2002 .〕 He became an officer in the armed forces and was Director of the Cabinet of the Minister of Defense from 1975 to 1977.〔 He was included in the ruling PCT's Military Committee of the Party (CMP) in 1977, at which time he held the rank of captain;〔 also in 1977, he was appointed as Secretary-General of the First Vice-Presidency for Coordination of the Activities of the Party, as well as Spokesman of the CMP.〔Bazenguissa-Ganga, ''Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique'', page 242 .〕 Ntsiba remained Spokesman of the CMP until 1979.〔 He played a role in the ouster of Joachim Yhombi-Opango by the PCT leadership in early 1979,〔Bazenguissa-Ganga, ''Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique'', page 442 .〕 and under Yhombi-Opango's successor, President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Ntsiba was elected to the Political Bureau of the PCT in 1979〔 and was assigned responsibility for press and propaganda.〔Bazenguissa-Ganga, ''Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique'', pages 263–264 .〕 He was also included in the government as Minister of Information, Posts and Telecommunications in 1979.〔〔〔 At a session of the PCT Central Committee in April 1983, Ntsiba was removed from the Political Bureau and suspended from the Central Committee〔Bazenguissa-Ganga, ''Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique'', page 275 .〕 for ideological weakness;〔〔"Oct 1983 - Government changes", ''Keesing's Record of World Events'', volume 29, October 1983, Congo, page 32,421.〕 as a result, he resigned from his position as Minister of Information, Posts and Telecommunications in May 1983.〔 He was not included in the Central Committee elected at the PCT's July 1984 congress,〔Bazenguissa-Ganga, ''Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique'', pages 293–296 .〕〔("Third Congolese Party Congress Issues Statement" ), ''Mweti'', 1 August 1984, pages 4–6.〕 but he was politically rehabilitated in later in the 1980s and appointed to head SIACIC, the national cement company.〔〔Bazenguissa-Ganga, ''Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique'', page 286 .〕 At the PCT's Fourth Ordinary Congress on 26–31 July 1989, Ntsiba regained a seat on the Central Committee,〔 and after the congress he was appointed to the government as Minister of Equipment, in charge of the Environment, on 13 August 1989.〔Bazenguissa-Ganga, ''Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique'', pages 296–297 .〕 Civil servants at his ministry went on strike to protest his alleged favoritism towards ethnic Téke when making appointments.〔 When the PCT lost power in 1991, Ntsiba lost his post in the government.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Florent Ntsiba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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